Visual Basic 2008 Express

The best free software to learn how to use Visual Basic.

Microsoft offers programming students and beginner developes a lightweight and easy to use free application to be able to develop applications in the famous programming language, Visual Basic. We are talking about Visual Basic 2008 Express.

  Visual Basic was specifically created, taking the BASIC programming language as a base, by Microsoft with the general purpose of easing applications development tasks. To do so, it offers a development environment that is completely graphical, that is accompanied by many libraries and objects.

  Some of its features are:
- Design Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications.
- Quick and effective development thanks to IntelliSense support.
- Include the Visual Basic PowerPack Line, Shape and Data Repeater controls.

  That is why, Visual Basic 2008 Express is the best tool to start in the development world, specially if we want to develop an application with a graphical user interface (GUI). To get the best out of this application we have to use a version like the one available in Malavida.com, that includes the SP1. This Service Pack corrects all errors found and introduces some improvements.

  Requirements: This download is an installer that requires a connection to Internet. Once installed on your computer, you will have 30 days to register it on the Microsoft website, to keep using the application free of charge.